News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Commerce are announcing the launch of an interactive online reference tool for international audiences that connects EPA environmental analysis and regulatory structure to U.S. solutions providers. The U.S. Environmental Solutions Toolkit was developed as a joint venture between the EPA and the U.S.… Continue Reading
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EIA – State Energy Data System: Complete Set of State-Level Estimates Through 2011
“The State Energy Data System (SEDS) is the source of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) comprehensive state energy statistics. EIA’s goal in maintaining SEDS is to create historical time series of energy production, consumption, prices, and expenditures by state that are defined as consistently as possible over time and across sectors for analysis and… Continue Reading
Library of Congress – A New Look for Legal Blawg Archive
“For more than six years, the Law Library of Congress has been collecting images of select legal blogs on a monthly basis. The Legal Blawg Archive was created so that the legal events detailed and analyzed in the blogs of today can be studied for years to come. Now this archive is available in an updated user interface… Continue Reading
Pew – 6% of Online Adults are reddit Users
6% of Online Adults are reddit Users by Maeve Duggan, Aaron Smith – July 3, 2013 “Six percentof online adults are reddit users, according to a nationally representative survey by thePewResearch Center’s Internet & American Life Project. This is our first survey that specifically examines reddit as a standalone platform, and it finds that young… Continue Reading
Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School
“Many children and adolescents in the United States have grown accustomed to a sedentary lifestyle. Currently, less than half of youth meet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommendation of at least 60 minutes of daily vigorous to moderate-intensity physical activity. This increases youths’ health risks and can… Continue Reading
European Parliament has adopted new EU legislation to fight cyber-crime
“The Directive on attacks against information systems builds on rules that have been in force since 2005 (Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA). While retaining a number of current provisions, it introduces new offences, such as the use of tools to commit large-scale attacks, new aggravating circumstances and higher criminal sanctions that are necessary to fight more… Continue Reading
Resource on British Columbia Annual Property Assessments
“About BC Assessment: BC Assessment produces independent, uniform and efficient property assessments on an annual basis for all property owners in the province. Structure: BC Assessment operates as an independent, provincial Crown corporation, governed by a Board of Directors and is accountable to the Government of B.C. The President and CEO of BC Assessment is… Continue Reading
Commentary – Creative destruction, government snooping: Is the Internet worth it?
Salon – We can’t “repeal the Internet.” But it has unleashed scary forces — and reasons for a Silicon Valley backlash, By Andrew Leonard “There is new evidence, every day, of the mixed blessings delivered by the Internet. Just to pick one example from current headlines: The vast advances in government surveillance capability that we’ve… Continue Reading
State of America’s Libraries Report 2013
State of America’s Libraries Report 2013, American Library Association: “After an economic recession that has left about 12 million Americans unemployed and millions more underemployed, libraries continue to play a transformative role in their communities. The more than 16,000 public libraries nationwide “offer a lifeline to people trying to adapt to challenging economic circumstances by… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Flood Insurance, SEC Internal Controls
Flood Insurance Implications of Changing Coverage Limits and Expanding Coverage,GAO-13-568, Jul 3, 2013 Flood Insurance More Information Needed on Subsidized Properties, GAO-13-607, Jul 3, 2013 Internal Controls SEC Should Consider Requiring Companies to Disclose Whether They Obtained an Auditor Attestation, GAO-13-582, Jul 3, 2013 Continue Reading
BLS – June payroll employment increases unemployment rate unchanged
News release: “Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 195,000 in June, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, retail trade, health care, and financial activities. Household Survey Data The number of unemployed persons, at 11.8… Continue Reading
UK ICO update on Google Privacy Policy
A UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) spokesperson said on July 4, 2013: “We have today written to Google to confirm our findings relating to the update of the company’s privacy policy. In our letter we confirm that its updated privacy policy raises serious questions about its compliance with the UK Data Protection Act. “In particular,… Continue Reading
